THE ROLE OF GEOTHERMAL ENERGY IN VIEW OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRICITY SECTOR IN KENYA
- 주제(키워드) Geothermal , GCAM , GCAM-EML , Policy , Tariff , Capital Cost , Renewable Energy , Electricity , LCOE
- 주제(DDC) 333.79
- 발행기관 아주대학교
- 지도교수 Suduk Kim
- 발행년도 2022
- 학위수여년월 2022. 2
- 학위명 석사
- 학과 국제대학원 융합에너지학과
- 실제URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ajou/000000031677
- 본문언어 영어
- 저작권 아주대학교 논문은 저작권에 의해 보호받습니다.
초록/요약
An estimated 63% of Total Primary Energy Supply (TPES) in Kenya is from biomass, 21% from hydrocarbons and 14.7% from geothermal energy. In electricity generated, geothermal accounts for approximately 47% followed by hydro at 39%. thermal (oil) at 13% of the total electricity generated. Geothermal energy dominates Kenya energy system with a substantial policy and financial support from the government. Geothermal energy remains an attractive technology for Kenya because of its abundance, low-carbon emissions and climate-resilient nature. By continuously expanding it, it will highly contribute to Kenya’s nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to global climate change mitigation. Geothermal energy is also very crucial in Kenya’s determination to become an industrialised middle-income country based on green economy. This study utilises the Global Change Analysis Model (GCAM) to assess the implications of government financial support in geothermal development on the electricity supply and cost. The government policy on financially supporting geothermal energy development has increased the contribution of geothermal energy in the overall electricity mix in Kenya. However, this financial support has brought about market distortion hindering free competition of energy sources and withdrawing this support allows the market to correct itself and thus reducing the total input energy required to meet the same demand for energy. Diversification to other sources of energy has assisted the Kenya’s electricity power system meet the demand for power when the geothermal energy shares are reduced. Further, the financial support to geothermal sector has supported in keeping the final consumer tariffs low.
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1. Introduction 1
2. Background 3
3. Review of Previous Studies 14
4. Data and Model 34
4.1. Data 34
4.2. Model 42
5. Modelling Results, Analysis and Discussion 46
5.1. Introduction 46
5.2. Results Presentation 46
5.3. Results Analysis and Discussion 51
6. Conclusion and Recommendations 61
6.1. Conclusion 61
6.2. Limitations of the Study 62
6.3. Recommendations 62
References 64
